15 Body Parts You Can Actually Live Without

13. Stomach

Like your large intestine, your stomach can be completely removed. Usually this is done when you have stomach cancer. The esophagus is re-directed to connect to your small intestine, and the surgeon can widen the small intestine in that area to create a substitute stomach. Food goes through the same digestive process as before.

12. Reproductive Organs

The reproductive organs of both men and women, including the testes and uterus, are necessary to create a child. But they are not necessary to sustain the life of the parent.